1. Skin and mantle. 2. Molluscan gills or ctenidia or branchiae and 3. Lungs or pulmonary sac. The outer covering of the body (skin) and mantle usually act as accessory respiratory organs. 1. Skin and Mantle — as Respiratory Organs: Skin appears to be the simplest type of respiratory structure encountered in Molluscs. It acts as a respiratory organ in [...]
1. Edible Molluscs: (i) Edible Oysters: From ancient times the Romans and Greeks used the oysters as a main dish in their meals. The Red Indians were great oyster eaters. The maximum amount of oyster meats are collected from two genera— Ostrea and Crassostrea, which belong to the family Ostreidae and class Bivalvia. In Japan, United States and Europe over [...]
Meaning and Origin of Foot: Phylum Mollusca is characterised by the pronounced development of musculature known as the foot. It is the locomotory organ in Molluscs. This organ is quite uncommon and strange to others. It is regarded as the remnant of the 'dermo-muscular tube' of the ancestral form whose ventral side became greatly developed as an adaptation for creeping [...]